Duane Morris LLP

Partner

Catherine Beideman Heitzenrater practices in the areas of bankruptcy, corporate reorganization, creditors' rights, commercial finance and secured transactions. She represents insurance companies, secured creditors, chapter 11 debtors-in-possession, chapter 11 trustees, chapter 7 trustees, liquidating trustees and creditors' committees in all aspects of a bankruptcy case. Kate has served as counsel to insurance companies providing prepetition and/or postpetition insurance coverage to debtors in complex chapter 11 cases and has represented both creditors and liquidating trustees in numerous avoidance actions. She has also assisted creditors in enforcement of remedies through commercial litigation in federal and state court.

Kate also has extensive commercial litigation experience. She has represented clients in the construction and finance industries in products liability, securities fraud, appellate matters and complex contract disputes. She also maintains an active pro bono practice, primarily representing women and their children in complex immigration matters.

Kate is the firm’s Hiring Partner and serves as Chair of the firm’s Recruitment and Retention Committee, which is responsible for the hiring and retention of law students through the firm’s summer associate program. She also serves on the board of directors and the finance committee for SeniorLAW Center, which is a non-profit committed to the pursuit of justice for older people in Pennsylvania.

Prior to rejoining Duane Morris in 2009, Kate served as law clerk for the Honorable Joel H. Slomsky of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Kate is a member of the Turnaround Management Association and the National Association of Women Lawyers. She is a 2007 graduate of Boston College Law School, where she was managing editor for the Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, and a magna cum laude graduate of Colgate University.